argaz

Kabyle

Etymology

Compare Tashelhit ⴰⵔⴳⴰⵣ (argaz), Central Atlas Tamazight ⴰⵔⴳⴰⵣ (argaz) and Tarifit aryaz.

Pronunciation

Noun

argaz m (construct state wergaz, plural irgazen, plural construct state yergazen)

  1. man

Tashelhit

Etymology

From Proto-Berber *a-rəgaz (“man, individual”), from Proto-Berber *r-g-z (“to walk”).

Compare Senhaja De Srair aryaz (“man”), Awjila aregaz (“individual”) and Zenaga aregež (“man”), Tayert argëz (“to march”),Tuareg regeh (“to march”), Ghat erǧez (“to walk”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /arɡaz/

Noun

argaz m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵔⴳⴰⵣ, construct state urgaz, plural irgazn)

  1. man (adult male human)
    llan irgazn ġ tgmmi. ― the men are in the house.
  2. husband
    argaz inu aya. ― this is my husband.
  3. adult
    tgit argaz ġila a iwi-nu ― you're an adult now, son.

Derived terms

  • abrgaz (“courageous man”)
  • argaz n dar uḍar (“messenger”)
  • irgazn n id matsn (“stepfathers”)
  • tirrugza (“virility, manhood”)

See also

References

  • Stroomer, Harry (2025) Dictionnaire berbère tachelḥiyt-français — Tome 1 a—e (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 188/1) (in French), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, page 382b
  • Kossmann, M. G. (1999). Essai sur la phonologie du proto-berbère. Germany: Köppe, page:161
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.